Strategic & M&A Advisory

Your partner in the decisions that shape what comes next.

We bring the rigor of someone who has evaluated hundreds of companies and the judgment of someone who has operated one — to buy-side and sell-side transactions and strategic advisory for founder- and family-owned businesses.

Our Approach

We've sat in every seat at the table.

Every company hits inflection points: grow or consolidate, build or acquire, double down or diversify. These decisions have long tails — getting them right compounds, and getting them wrong is hard to unwind.

FourSight Partners helps you pressure-test the options with operator literacy and investor discipline. We've spent our careers on both sides of the table — as CFOs and corporate-development leaders inside the business, and as bankers and investors across the deal. That perspective is what we bring to every engagement.

$1B+ In transactions led across various industries and sectors
50+ Acquisitions & transactions executed across our partners
Both sides Operators, investors, and bankers under one roof

What We Do

Three ways we help, all the way through the decision.

Where do we go?

Buy-Side Advisory

Whether you're building a platform, pursuing bolt-ons, or weighing build vs. buy, we bring operator literacy to a process too often reduced to a financial exercise.

  • Acquisition strategy & target identification
  • Build vs. buy vs. partner analysis
  • Valuation, structuring & negotiation
  • Diligence management
  • Capital deployment — debt vs. equity, growth investment
  • Post-acquisition integration planning & execution
What's it worth?

Sell-Side Advisory

When the time comes — a full exit, a recapitalization, or a partial liquidity event — we're already in the room, having spent our careers on both sides of these transactions.

  • Exit readiness & positioning
  • Valuation & deal structuring
  • Succession & transition planning
  • Recapitalizations & partial liquidity
  • Buyer outreach & negotiation
  • Stakeholder communication
How do we get there?

Strategic Advisory

Strategy without execution is a slide deck. We bring cross-functional discipline and a focus on the people and culture issues that quietly determine whether a plan succeeds or fails.

  • Strategic planning — 12–36 month roadmap
  • Market & competitive landscape
  • Organic growth — revenue, customer, go-to-market
  • Unit economics & margin improvement
  • Leadership assessment & organizational design
  • Operational process design & improvement
  • Incentive alignment — comp, equity, performance metrics

Where We Focus

Industries we know from the inside.

Healthcare

Providers, services, and technology — from the boardroom to the back office, with deep roots in healthcare M&A and corporate development.

Trades

Skilled and specialty trades, and the founder-led services businesses that power them — built on relationships and operational excellence.

Industrial Services

Transportation & logistics, equipment leasing, and general industrial markets — sectors where our partners have advised for decades.

Who We Work With

Built for the people who built the business.

01

Founder-Owned Businesses

You built it. We help you protect what makes it work while you decide what comes next.

02

Family-Owned Businesses

Succession, liquidity, and legacy — handled with the patience these decisions deserve.

03

Search Funds

From thesis to close to the first hundred days — we've been the operator on the other side.

04

Independent Sponsors

Deal-by-deal conviction, backed by people who've led platforms and bolt-ons themselves.

Our Team

Partners who've operated, invested, and advised.

Chris Christopoulos

Chris Christopoulos

Partner

Financial executive blending corporate-finance depth with hands-on transactional experience. CFO of PE-backed and public companies, coordinating across operations, technical, and finance teams. 15+ years of investment banking advising on transactions across transportation & logistics, equipment leasing, and general industrial markets.

  • BofA Merrill Lynch
  • RBC
  • Bold Ocean

B.A. Economics, Yale University

Mariano Ospina

Mariano Ospina

Partner

20 years across corporate development, private equity, investment banking, and credit. Led 15+ acquisitions at IQVIA, including the transformative $24B IMS Health / Quintiles merger. Co-founded Aventa Capital, investing in platform and bolt-on acquisitions, raising capital, and overseeing post-close integration.

  • IQVIA
  • Aventa Capital
  • BofA Merrill Lynch

B.S. Business Administration, UNC Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)

Abran Smith

Abran Smith

Partner

Senior finance and operating executive across PE-backed, founder-led, and public enterprises. Led 25 transactions, including the internal lead on IMS Health's $1.3B IPO. SVP & Head of Corporate Development at Greenphire (Thoma Bravo) and VP & Head of Corporate Development at HMS (Veritas Capital), with M&A and strategy roots at IQVIA.

  • Greenphire
  • HMS
  • IQVIA
  • Bear Stearns
  • Pfizer

B.S. Finance & International Business, Northeastern University · M.B.A., IESE Business School

Prem Thomas

Prem Thomas

Partner

Entrepreneur, CFO, and investor who has built companies across healthcare, consumer products, and technology. Co-founded PROVEIT Games — named one of the most exciting mobile games by TechCrunch — and Gurus, a DTC yoga brand. Earlier, healthcare investment banking and early-stage investing, combining institutional finance with hands-on operating leadership.

  • Bank of America
  • Partnership Fund for NYC
  • PROVEIT Games

B.S. Business Administration, UNC Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)

Get in Touch

Let's talk about what comes next.

Whether you're exploring an acquisition, preparing for an exit, or pressure-testing your next move — we'd welcome the conversation.